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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Bishop Teacher Gets To Fly With Blue Angels - KIII TV3 | It was a once in a lifetime experience for Tracy Smith, a 3rd Grade Teacher from Bishop. She flew with the Blue Angels. Her students were on hand for the experience.

Aerobatic team to fly WWII aircraft at Sky Fest in New Smyrna Beach * news-journalonline.com | NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Mark Henley’s flying schedule at this weekend’s Balloon & Sky Fest will hearken back to the training paths that many World War II fighter pilots followed. Henley, as part of the renowned AeroShell Aerobatic team, will fly in formation with three other pilots in 1940s AT-6 Texans, which were the primary training aircraft for U.S. airmen during the war....

Military aircraft will again be a no-show at Freedom Fair - TheNewsTribune.com ...For a second consecutive year, the Freedom Fair air show on Tacoma’s waterfront will be an all-civilian affair. Despite attempts to secure military demonstrations, the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration will be bereft of active duty jet fighters, bombers and helicopters. Even Tacoma’s unofficial bird, the Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III, will be a no-show....

CAF’s F8F Bearcat Makes Rare Flight at Palm Springs Air Museum · WarbirdsNews | The F8F Bearcat operated by the Commemorstive Air Force SoCal Wing will make a rare flight exhibition at the Palm Springs Air Museum this Saturday, March 29, 2014. The Flight Exhibition will take place following the Commemorative Program, FLYING WITH THE BLUE ANGELS, by Larry Packer. The Blue Angels, the United States Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, was formed in 1946, making it...

World's Only Flying B-29 Superfortress Landing In Valdosta Monday - WCTV | March 27, 2014 – Residents of Valdosta will witness a rare sight this Monday when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI -- the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world --- lands at Valdosta Regional Airport accompanied by the famous C-45 Expeditor Bucket of Bolts and a PT-17 Stearman. The aircraft, all part of the CAF AirPower History Tour, will be on display and offering rides throughout the stop. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the B-29. The ramp will be open to the public Monday through Wednesday, March 31 through April 2....

Michael Imhoff new executive director of Air Force Museum Foundation * National Museum of the USAF Top Stories | 3/27/2014 - DAYTON, Ohio -- The Air Force Museum Foundation formally announced today the appointment of Mr. Michael P. Imhoff as Executive Director, effective March 10, 2014. The Air Force Museum Foundation is a philanthropic, non-profit organization that raises money for buildings, programs and other initiatives of the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF). Imhoff was previously the Vice President, Supply Chain, Real Estate and Facilities at NiSource, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio....

German Aces Speak II * Travel for Aircraft | Heaton and Lewis’s sequel to The German Aces Speak is as good as the original since it compliments and reinforces but does not repeat or rehash the Luftwaffe’s perspective of World War II by four additional aces — as well as the Luftwaffe’s rebirth due to the onset of the Cold War. The four aces treated in...

NASA s Super Guppy makes a special delivery - eTurboNews | NASA’s Super Guppy, a wide-bodied cargo aircraft, landed at the Redstone Army Airfield near Huntsville, Ala. on March 26 with a special delivery: an innovative composite rocket fuel tank. The tank was manufactured at the Boeing Developmental Center in Tukwila, Wash...

Wagstaff teams for teaching - AOPA Pilot | “Starting an aerobatic school gives me and my instructors a chance to pass on our experience in aerobatics and upset training, and to help create more skillful and safer pilots,” Wagstaff said in the March 26 announcement. “We have already attracted students from Australia, Europe, and Canada, and we are hoping to become one of the premier aerobatic training centers in the world.”